Les Peupliers Hotel Restaurant Baratier

... day hikes, a 2-day climb, night in a refuge, hikes to pick up blueberries to bake pies and make jams... one can't get bored in the mountains (unless you don't like hiking or climbing). In between our hikes? Playing tarot cards with my uncle and my aunt (a passion shared by most family members on my Mom's side) and going to the movies once in a while...

I'll upload pictures, they will express more than words...

... platforms and even the elevator shaft. Can you imagine how that kind of idea would be received in Canada. You want to put an elevator where?? So people can what??? Now maybe if there were a Tim Hortons on the top, who knows?
Anyway it was a great view and a wonderful way to end our time in the high alps. We spent two nights in the area then headed off on a few more scenic passes before spending the night in Briancon.
The passes we took ...

... her fears if she worried). We had made the right choice by going to Serre Chevalier. It was sunny most the time although extremely cold (-15 celcius and I can't even imagine how cold it was with the wind chill factor taken into account). The snow was not icy, what else could we ask for? (personally, warmer temperatures, I looked like Darth Vador with my black mask on covering my face). After a cup of hot tea we got back on the road. I passed ...

... During this time, our French friends taught us some cuss words and they contemplated jumping off the lift. After 3 or 4 hours of skiing we were tired and decided to take the gondola up to the top of the mountain. As you can see from the pictures, it was beautiful and really really cold. That night we went back to the dance club and had fun with our new friends. The next day we were supposed to be out of our room by 10 o'clock but the bus wasn't leaving until 3. The lobby of the ...

... scenic. Ne oprim un minut la iesirea dintr-un tunel. Afara-i frig si liniste totala in care se aude doar o cadere mare de apa. Si mai cool, o sa cadem intr-un rau de-ala fara sanse si rece ca gheata. Nuooo, gata!... E timpul sa cautam ceva de dormit, drumul asta ar trebui sa fie o minunatie si noi il ratam asa (eu :D) in atacuri de panica. Nu mai mergem pana la Briancon. In prima statiune mica de ski in care intram, intrebam la o pensiune si ne cazam ...

More information on this campsite can be found here. Beautifully located campsite with quite good facitlities at about 1500m altitude and one of the best views on the Lac Serre Poncon. Located very near the small Lac St.Apollinaire. Start of some great hikes right at the entrance of the campsite. The hikes are rather steep at the start.

... a first day on the slopes and chrissie... I still got to bed though at 1am... Christmas Day - Emily, Emma and I had a lesson in the morning with a sexy french instructor names Tristan. After lunch I went out with B for the afternoon, we went down this green run and I was going really well until I stacked it badly and bruised my tail bone... the worst thing was I did this on the flat part of the mountain after going all the way down the ...

... and the dashingly good looks of Molly, we made it just as the doors closed. To my dismay, the bar at the hostel had already closed. Who closes a ****ing bar at 12??? Yeah, 'tis my first complaint about this land, so I guess I should be somewhat content. Putting that aside, we went out to make friends and dance the night away, only to realize that "youth hostel" more effectively means "not quite dead" (but almost) hostel. The average age ...

... out on nothing but white powder. That's how I like my snow you see, from the inside looking out at it. For someone from Canada, I have a serious dislike of the stuff which some people found funny that I'd search it out during my summer holidays but to that I say - anything to see Mt Blanc!